Survivors of Sri
Lankans Hidden War
| by Frances
Harrison
Published: 4
October 2012
Trade Paperback,
Royal PB
153x234mm, 272
pages
ISBN:
9781846274695
( October 01,
2012, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a
paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as
decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government
reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands
of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns and other civilians. And
the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was
unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war-crimes
investigations. Those crimes are recounted here to the wider world for the
first time in sobering, shattering detail.
About the
Author:
Frances Harrison was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, as well as the School
of Oriental & African Studies, and Imperial College in London. For many years
she worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC posted in South Asia, South
East Asia and Iran. From 2000-4 she was the resident BBC Correspondent in Sri
Lanka. She has worked at Amnesty International as Head of News and while
writing this book was a visiting research fellow at Oxford University.
Reviews: ‘An
extraordinary book. This dignified, just and unbearable account of the dark
heart of Sri Lanka needs to be read by everyone who upholds human rights. As a
Sri Lankan myself, knowing what I do about the war, I was very moved by
Harrison's beautiful clear prose, her straightforward retelling of the complex
situation there, and her refusal to compromise the evidence. Every member of
the UN Security Council should be sent a copy of this book.’ Roma Tearne, author
of Mosquito
